About “Boys Don't Cry”

The song was released 15 June 1979 as a standalone single and not originally included on The Cure’s homeland UK debut album Three Imaginary Boys, but was included on its namesake North American debut Boys Don’t Cry, released 5 February 1980. On original release, it only found chart success in New Zealand, reaching #22 in May 1980.

In 1986, after the international success of the band’s sixth album The Head On The Door, a new version of the song was released as a single and found top 30 success in five countries, including their homeland of the UK and an even higher peak in New Zealand.

What have the artists said about the song?

The pop songs like “Boys Don’t Cry” are naive to the point of insanity. But considering the age I was and the fact that I had done nothing apart from go to school – no real life experience, everything was taken from books – some of them are pretty good.